Public Policy and Government Affairs
Report from Washington
On July 31, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) agreed to pass a six month Continuing Resolution (CR) to avoid a government shutdown before the November elections. The CR will extend government funding after it runs out on Oct. 1. The Congress is expected to vote on the CR…
Creedon, Wolf, Bennet Discuss Export Control Reform
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs the Honorable Madelyn Creedon (pictured, right), Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration Kevin Wolf and Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) spoke about the status of export control reform at a Space Foundation-sponsored briefing breakfast on July 24. The audience comprised congressional staff from both the Senate and…
Space Foundation CEO Participates in Media Session on Sequestration
Space Foundation Chief Executive Officer Elliot Pulham participated in a Colorado Space Coalition media Q&A in July in Denver. The session followed remarks by Aerospace Industries Association Vice President of Space Systems Frank Slazer, who urged aerospace leaders to rally support against sequestration cuts to the federal defense budget. Congress passed and President Barack Obama…
Subcommittee Expresses Concerns Over NASA Technology Transfer Success
The House Science, Space & Technology Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics held a hearing in July, “Spurring Economic Growth and Competitiveness Through NASA Derived Technologies.” At the hearing, several members of Congress noted NASA’s successful history of technology transfer and commercialization. Since 1976, NASA has more than 1,700 successful examples of technology transfer and commercialization.…
House Approves 2013 Defense Funding Bill
The House of Representatives has approved the fiscal year 2013 Department of Defense (DoD) funding bill. The legislation includes funding for the U.S. Department of Defense’s space assets and programs. Read the Space Foundation’s third update of its FY 2013 DoD Space Budget Comparison document here. This article is part of Space Watch: August 2012…
Weighing the Role of a Commercial Crew Provider
At the recent Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Science and Space hearing, “The International Space Station: A Platform for Research, Collaboration and Discovery,” senators voiced their support for the importance of space exploration and stated that research onboard the International Space Station (ISS) would play a big role. Astronaut Donald Pettit, who recently…
Budget Reports for Fiscal Year 2013
The Space Foundation produced several reports recently, providing overviews and comparisons of fiscal year 2013 budgets. The reports include overviews of: Unclassified space-based and related programs requested in the Department of Defense’s FY 2013 budget in comparison with FY 2012 funds The President’s FY 2013 budget request for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)…
Letter on LightSquared
Ashton Carter, U.S. deputy secretary for the Department of Defense, and John Porcari, deputy secretary for the Department of Transportation, have written a letter to Lawrence Strickling, assistant secretary for the Department of Commerce on the LightSquared findings by the National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing Executive Committee (EXCOM). Letter excerpts state: ….the unanimous conclusion…
White House Guidance for a 21st Century DoD
President Barack Obama has announced new strategic guidance for a 21st century Department of Defense that will sustain U.S. global leadership and protect its core national interests. As the United States transitions away from two wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and confronts defense cuts mandated in the Budget Control Act of 2011, the President outlined…
DoD 2012 Budget Report
The Space Foundation tracked the Fiscal Year 2012 budget request for U.S. Department of Defense space programs through the legislative process. Read the report and other Space Foundation research and anaylsis reports from Washington, D.C. here. The document identifies U.S. Department of Defense space programs and its authorized and appropriated funding levels for FY 2012, as signed…